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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis appealed to the government of Pakistan to take steps to ensure the safety of the country’s Christians and other minorities the day after a terrorist bombing killed at least 70 people and injured more than 300 who were spending Easter afternoon in a public park. In Lahore, Pakistan, the pope […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden and Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – Easter is a feast of hope, a celebration of God’s mercy and a call to pray for and assist all who suffer, Pope Francis said before giving his solemn blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world). The risen Jesus “makes us sharers of his immortal life and enables us […]
National
By Catholic News Service
PHOENIX – Baseball legend and popular sports broadcaster Joe Garagiola, who died March 23 at age 90, recounted in a Catholic News Service interview 20 years ago how St. Peter Mission School in the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix claimed his heart. A few years earlier, he said, when he stepped into “the […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
When her husband unexpectedly died of a stroke, Jane White turned to her parish bereavement group for support. “It helped me a lot to go that first time, to cry openly and have people understand why I was crying,” she said. The bereavement group, from St. Timothy Church in Chantilly, meditated on the seven sorrows […]
Local
By For The Catholic Herald
Over the course of the 2016 session, the Virginia General Assembly considered more than 2,100 bills and passed a $105 billion budget in 59 days. Throughout the session, the Virginia Catholic Conference met with legislators, testified at countless hearings and spread updates and alerts on social media. The VCC joined Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde […]
Schools
By Grant Tabler
Through the month of March, the chapel at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries is full every Thursday after school with students and teachers preparing to consecrate themselves to Jesus through Mary. The “33 Days to Morning Glory” Marian consecration is a tradition started several years ago and is led by […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Holy Thursday morning is a tense time for some seminarians. Those expecting their “call to orders” for diaconate or priestly ordinations can feel a bit nervous. As is customary, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde greeted dicesan seminarians March 23 at 7:30 a.m. at the front doors of the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. […]
Global
By Jonathan Luxmoore
OXFORD, England – A Catholic priest who ministered to survivors of the attacks at Brussels airport said he was struck by the “profound humanity” shown by those caught up in the situation. “I’ve heard so many stories, including testimonies from those who were 15 yards away when the bombs exploded, and who were blown off […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has named Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda to head the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. His appointment was announced in Washington March 24 by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Coadjutor archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, since 2013, Archbishop Hebda has been apostolic administrator of the Minnesota […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
Just as ordinary bread becomes the Body of Christ after the consecration, said St. Cyril of Jerusalem, the holy oil and chrism are no longer ointment after the priest’s invocation, but Christ’s very grace. “It is applied … with a symbolic meaning: The body is anointed with visible ointment, and the soul is sanctified by […]
